My father, Willie Guillermo, born under the American flag in the colonial America that was the Philippines, has a birthday today. He would have been 119 and thriving had he stopped eating pork at a reasonable age and gone vegan.
So, of course, he was in the back of my mind while I pondered all of t...
With 2024 elections around the corner, nationwide efforts to diminish the political power of communities of color are surging
NASSAU COUNTY, NY — The New York Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Steptoe ...
By Hansi Lo Wang
NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. — In 2020, Maria Jordan-Awalom marched across an invisible line in one of the most segregated regions of the country.
After the police murder of George Floyd, she and other demonstrators took to the streets for racial justice in this New York City suburb, just ...
By Robert Bessser
TALLAHASSEE, Florida: Florida was blocked from enforcing a ban on Chinese citizens owning homes or land in the state against two Chinese citizens by a U.S. appeals court.
The two individuals were in the process of buying property when the law came into force.
On Thursday, a pane...
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law barring real estate purchases by Chinese citizens can’t be enforced against two plaintiffs while their court challenge continue
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law barring real estate purchases by Chinese ...
The preliminary injunction will apply to two individual plaintiffs, Yifan Shen and Zhiming Xu
By Sarah Marx
A U.S. appeals court has halted the enforcement of a Florida law that bans Chinese citizens from purchasing property in the state, multiple news outlets reported.
The decision places the la...
Let’s thank Tom Cotton, the MAGA Republican Senator from Arkansas, for inspiring the uniquely racist Lunar New Year greeting for 2024.
I can hear Cotton now saying, “Gung Hay Fat Communist!”
Or words to that effect. More on that later in this column, but first, the Lunar New Year officially begins...
Judge Nancy Abudu says that the law constitutes a "blanket ban" on Chinese nationals
By Ted Glanzer
A federal appeals court has halted the enforcement of a controversial Florida law that restricts Chinese citizens from buying land, siding with two Chinese immigrant plaintiffs represented by the Am...
By Malik Graystone
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked Florida’s law restricting Chinese nationals from buying property, marking a significant legal challenge.
This move highlights tensions between state legislation and federal foreign real estate ownership laws.
Court ...
By Collins Abia
In a significant legal development, a federal appeals court in Atlanta has intervened to block the enforcement of a contentious Florida law that sought to restrict Chinese citizens from acquiring land within the state.
The ruling emerged from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and ...
Lawyers for the plaintiffs compared Florida’s law to “antiquated” 20th century alien land laws that targeted Chinese immigrants.
An appellate court on Thursday blocked Florida from exercising a law against two Chinese citizens who were buying property in the state when the law was enacted. The law...
By Randall Yip
A federal court has blocked Florida from enforcing the ban on Chinese land ownership signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the failed GOP presidential candidate.
Two Floridians, Yifan Shen and Zhiming Xu sued. They argued it would prevent them from taking possession of a home that had alread...
Federal panel rules ‘this prohibition blatantly violates the 14th Amendment’s protection against discrimination’ in blow to Governor Ron DeSantis
Statute’s language and statements by public officials showed law to be a ‘blanket ban against Chinese non-citizens’, says court
By Igor Patrick
An Amer...
“This prohibition blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against discrimination,” Judge Nancy Abudu wrote.
By Bruce Ritchie
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A federal appeals court blocked a controversial Florida law restricting Chinese citizens from buying land from being enforced against...
By Daniel Wiessner
A U.S. appeals court has blocked Florida from enforcing a ban on Chinese citizens owning homes or land in the state against two Chinese nationals who were in the process of buying property when the law was adopted. A panel of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals s...
By Andrew Kreighbaum
Law barred Chinese citizens from buying property in state
Court blocks enforcement against two individual plaintiffs
A federal appeals court halted the enforcement of a Florida law banning citizens of China from purchasing property in the state against two plaintiffs.
The US...
By Jack Birle
A federal appeals court granted an injunction to block a Florida law limiting Chinese citizens from purchasing land in the state.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ordered an injunction be given for two of the plaintiffs suing the state over claims it violates anti-discr...
By Tom Ozimek
A federal appeals court has issued a limited temporary block on a Florida law that bans citizens of China from buying property in the state that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said was needed to counteract the “malign influence” of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in his state.
The 11th ...
This decision temporarily blocks enforcement of Florida’s discriminatory housing law, known as SB 264, for two plaintiffs in this case
ATLANTA, GA — The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals today temporarily halted the enforcement of an unconstitutional Florida law, known as SB 264, against two Chines...
If you’re an Asian American of Chinese descent who loves computers or data science, whether you’re an academic or not, be forewarned.
Once again, the FBI’s Christopher Wray is making news with another dire warning, this time at a Congressional hearing this week.
Wray said point blank that “China’s...
